Thursday, February 25, 2016

Here is a new project from NikArt bonsai studio. An upgrade on my
Quercus pubescens. I've had this tree for two years now and I was never really
happy with the top part of it. There also weren't quite enough branches
in the middle part. I tried grafting but was unsuccessful, just like the
previous owner. Some scars from unsuccessful past grafting attempts are
still visible on the trunk. Seems like this tree just doesn't want to
be grafted. Therefore I decided for a drastic change in the design. I
removed the top part of the crown and made a long jin out of it to keep
some of the movement. So from now on the new crown will be made up from
only one brancs so to speak and the tree will give a much more
powerfull feel to it.

Thursday, February 11, 2016

This week I rewired my Larix decidua half-cascade. It was rewired for the third time now in 4 years. It is getting there slowly. I also decided to change the angle a little bit to improve the nebari and to loose the straightness in the middle part of the trunk.

This year I will have to find a nice pot for it. Something in about the same dimentions as the present pot. Maybe a square or a hexagonal semi-cascade pot. I'll know for sure when I see the pot.